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Ron Magden
Ronald "Ron" Magden (1926 - 2019) was a historian from Tacoma, Washington who specialized in maritime labor history and Japanese-American history in the Puget Sound region. Early life and career Ron Magden was born in Mountain Home, Idaho. Magden credited his early interest in history and social movements to his mother, who he described as a "very forceful union person and ..very opposed to racial discrimination of any kind." Magden was in high school in 1941 when Pearl Harbor was bombed and the US entered World War II and observed the anti-Japanese sentiment in Boise and the mass incarceration of Japanese-Americans during that time. In 1965, Magden received his PhD in history from the University of Washington. He began teaching at the newly opened Tacoma Community College, teaching the second ever class offered at the institution. Contributions to labor history In the early 1980s, Magden was commissioned by ILWU, local 23, and the Port of Tacoma to write a history of the uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Home, Idaho
Mountain Home is the largest city in and the county seat of Elmore County, Idaho, United States. The population was 15,979 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The population in 2024 is projected to be 16,921. It is the principal city of the Mountain Home United States micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Elmore County. Mountain Home was originally a post office at Rattlesnake Station, a stagecoach stop on the Overland Stage Line, about east of the city, on present-day U.S. Route 20 in Idaho, US-20 towards Fairfield, Idaho, Fairfield. With the addition of the Oregon Short Line Railroad in 1883, the post office was moved downhill and west to the city's present site. Mountain Home Air Force Base, an Air Combat Command installation, is located southwest of the city. Opened in 1943 during World War II, it was originally a bomber training base and later an operational Strategic Air Command Strategic bomber, bomber and Intercontinental ballistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oral History
Oral history is the collection and study of historical information from people, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews. These interviews are conducted with people who participated in or observed past events and whose memories and perceptions of these are to be preserved as an aural record for future generations. Oral history strives to obtain information from different perspectives and most of these cannot be found in written sources. ''Oral history'' also refers to information gathered in this manner and to a written work (published or unpublished) based on such data, often preserved in archives and large libraries.oral history. (n.d.) The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia®. (2013). Retrieved 12 March 2018 from https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/oral+history Knowledge presented by oral history is unique in that it shares the tacit perspective, thoughts, opinions and understanding of the interview ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 Births
In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days. As Friday, December 18, 1926 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Saturday, January 1, 1927 '' (Gregorian Calendar)''. 13 days were dropped to make the switch. Turkey thus became the last country to officially adopt the Gregorian Calendar, which ended the 344-year calendrical switch around the world that took place in October, 1582 by virtue of the Papal Bull made by Pope Gregory XIII. Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Ibn Saud is crowned ruler of the Kingdom of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne as Bảo Đại, the last monarch of the Nguyễn dynasty of the Kingdom of Vietnam. * January 16 – A British Broadcasting Company radio play by Ronald Knox about workers' revolution in London causes a panic among those who have not heard the preliminary announcement that it is a satire on broadcasting. * January 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Japanese American Legacy Project
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Lelli
Phillip (Phil) Lelli was a longshore worker, union activist, and philanthropist from Tacoma, Washington. Lelli was president of ILWU, local 23, for four nonconsecutive terms between 1966 and 1985. Biography Phil Lelli was born in Edgewood, Washington, outside of Tacoma, in 1929. His parents were children of German and Italian immigrants and his father owned a small grocery store. Lelli graduated from high school and began working on the waterfront in 1955 unloading bales of wheat. In 1961, he began working in a gear locker. During the mid-twentieth century, Tacoma had become home to many anarchists, syndicalists, and old IWW members. Unlike most other ports on the West Coast, Tacoma longshore workers did not affiliate with the newly formed ILWU in 1937 and instead remained part of the craft-unionist AFL. Many workers distrusted Harry Bridges and the CIO and wished to maintain the union's independence. After not being permitted to travel to nearby ports for extra work, howe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Rieder
Ross Rieder was a labor activist and historian from Washington state. Biography Ross K. Rieder was born in 1940 in Yakima, Washington, to Frances Rieder and Rolla Rieder, Sr. He spent his childhood in Yakima, Damascus, and San Jose. In 1962, he graduated from Linfield College with a degree in music education. In 1962, Rieder began teaching music and eighth grade chorus at Evergreen Junior High School in Everett, Washington. He became involved in his union, the Everett Federation of Teachers (American Federation of Teachers, Local 722). He served as president of the Washington State Federation of Teachers from 1968-1975. After his term as WSFT president, Rieder continued his career in the labor movement. From 1977 to 1979, he worked as a negotiator and organizer for the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 17, and he was Political Action Director at the Washington State Labor Council from 1979 to 1986. He worked as an organizer for the Snoho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottilie Markholt
Ottilie Markholt (February 25, 1916 – November 25, 2004) was an American trade unionist, labor historian, and political activist who spent most of her life in Tacoma, Washington. At different points in her life, Markholt was a member of the Communist Party, CORE, NAACP, IWW, and OPEIU. Markholt authored multiple books and countless articles about labor history on the West Coast and made efforts to expand labor studies and education. Biography Ottilie Lou Markholt (née Kepner) was born in Candle, Alaska, on February 25, 1916, to Alfred Silverthorne Kepner, a territorial judge, and Clara Reissennweber Kepner, a schoolteacher from Chicago. She moved to Seattle with her family in 1921 and graduated as valedictorian from West Seattle High School in 1933. Markholt first became involved in left wing organizing as a student at the University of Washington from 1933 to 1935. In 1935, she joined the Young Communist League and dropped out of college to devote more time to labor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple
Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple (built 1940–41) is a Japanese Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, United States. It is a member of the Buddhist Churches of America. Its original name is the Seattle Buddhist Church. Although it was designed by Japanese American Kichio Allen Arai, the architect of record was Pierce A. Horrocks, because Arai lacked an architectural license. It replaced an earlier building (built 1906–1908 by Saunders and Lawton, Saunders & Lawton) that was torn down as part of the Yesler Terrace project. The building is a designated Seattle landmark.Landmarks Alphabetical Listing for S , Individual Landmarks, Department of Neighborhoods, City of Seattle. Accessed December 28, 2007. An arson fire on December 31, 2023, destroyed the temple's archi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Executive Order 9066
Executive Order 9066 was a President of the United States, United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942. "This order authorized the forced removal of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast of the United States, West Coast to 'relocation centers' further inland—resulting in the incarceration of Japanese Americans." Two-thirds of the 125,000 people displaced were U.S. citizens. Notably, far more Americans of Asian descent were forcibly interned than Americans of European descent, both in total and as a share of their relative populations. German and Italian Americans who were sent to internment camps during the war were sent under the provisions of Presidential Proclamation 2526 and the Alien Enemy Act, part of the Alien and Sedition Act of 1798. Transcript of Executive Order 9066 The text of Executive Order 9066 was as follows: Backgrou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce County, Washington
Pierce County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 921,130, up from 795,225 in 2010, making it the second-most populous county in Washington, behind King County, Washington, King County, and the List of the most populous counties in the United States, 59th-most populous in the United States. The county seat and largest city is Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma. Formed out of Thurston County, Washington, Thurston County on December 22, 1852, by the legislature of Oregon Territory, it was named for President of the United States, U.S. President Franklin Pierce. Pierce County is in the Seattle metropolitan area (formally the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue, WA, metropolitan statistical area). Pierce County is home to the volcano Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in the Cascade Range. Its most recent recorded eruption was between 1820 and 1854. There i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Americans
are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian Americans, Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 United States census, 2000 census, they have declined in ranking to constitute the sixth largest Asian American group at around 1,469,637, including those of partial ancestry. According to the 2010 United States census, 2010 census, the largest Japanese American communities were found in California with 272,528, Japanese in Hawaii, Hawaii with 185,502, New York with 37,780, Washington (state), Washington with 35,008, Illinois with 17,542 and Ohio with 16,995. Southern California has the largest Japanese American population in North America and the city of Gardena, California, Gardena holds the densest Japanese American population in the 48 contiguous states. History Immigration People from Empire of Japan, Japan began migrating to the US in significant numbers following the political, cultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
